by Richard W | Mar 13, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This is the third post of this series which shows you how to install, configure and manage Samba in Ubuntu. The second post can be found here. In this post, we’re going to show you how to change Samba workgroup in Ubuntu. This should also apply to other Linux...
by Richard W | Mar 12, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This is the second post of our series about installing, configuring and managing Samba in Ubuntu Linux. The first post can be found here. In this post, we’re going to show you how to add Samba user so that the user can access shares on Ubuntu or Linux machine from a...
by Richard W | Mar 11, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
HP Linux Imaging and printing (HPLIP) is an open-source package sponsored by HP to deliver full feature HP printer drivers to the Linux community. Installing this package which come default in Ubuntu allows full HP printer support in Ubuntu and other Linux...
by Richard W | Mar 10, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
This is a new series that will describe the installation, configuration and management of Samba Linux in Ubuntu. This series is going to start with this post and will explain how to install and setup the basic configuration of Samba in Ubuntu. Further posts will go...
by Richard W | Mar 5, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Web
When using Google Chrome browser and signed into any of Google online services like Gmail and reader, your browser caches and records your behavior online. As an experiment, sign into Gmail using Google Chrome and search for a car, for example. After few minutes...
by Richard W | Mar 2, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
You can set file permissions in Ubuntu if you want to control who can view, edit and delete folder content. This can be done using file permissions property dialog box. To set file permissions, right-click a file or folder and select Properties. When the dialog box...
by Richard W | Feb 25, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Would like an easy way to see how much disk space is left on your Ubuntu machine? Users using Microsoft Windows can easily tell how much space left by accessing the Computer folder. Windows then displays the total disk space and available free space that’s left for...
by Richard W | Feb 20, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
VirtualBox is a software that allows users to run multiple guest operating systems on a single host computer. It’s supports Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and is maintained my Oracle. We’ve written a lot on VirtualBox here. Do a quick search and you’ll see all the...
by Richard W | Feb 19, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This is the third post of this series. Our second post about managing your desktop in Ubuntu can be found here. In this post, I am going to show you various ways users can install programs or packages in Ubuntu Linux. Just like Microsoft Windows, there are many...
by Richard W | Feb 17, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This post is part two of this series. Part one is about how to get and install Ubuntu on your computer. In this post, I am going to show you how to manage your desktop now that you’ve already installed Ubuntu. The first time you logon to Ubuntu, there’s really nothing...
